October 7 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The October 7 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell

Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States

Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA? Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures?

Westmoreland Conservation District Celebrates 70 Years

Gov. Wolf Issues Executive Order Directing DEP To Join Regional Initiative To Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants

Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 22 Briefing On Governor’s Order To Join RGGI To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Citizens Are More Concerned About The Environment Than Lawmakers

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September Newsletter Now Available

PA, Regional Transportation & Climate Initiative Makes Draft Policy Framework Available For Comment

DCNR Recognized With National Climate Adaptation Leadership Award For Adaptation & Mitigation Plan

City Of Lancaster Adopts Municipal Climate Action Plan To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050

City Of Pittsburgh Becomes 2nd City In U.S. To Integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals

6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers

Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17

DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan

DCNR Posts Recommendations For Shaping State Parks Over Next 25 Years For Public Comment

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Kittatinny Ridge Recognized As PA's Newest Conservation Landscape

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ron Freed, Volunteer Hawk Watcher At Waggoner's Gap, Cumberland County

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 5th County - Luzerne County

Dept. Of Health: Outdoor Activities Planned This Fall? Protect Yourself From Diseases Carried By Ticks, Mosquitoes

DCNR Issues 2nd Fall Foliage Report, Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing

Keep PA Beautiful, DEP, PennDOT Announce 2019 Litter Summit Nov. 14 In Harrisburg

[ News From The Capitol ]

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule

House Govt. Oversight Committee To Hold First Hearing/Meeting Oct. 21 & 30 On An Issue Known Only As Investigation 1-2019

[ The Feds ]

NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meets Oct. 16 In Harrisburg

[ Water ]

DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear From Compacts & Commissions Office Oct. 15

DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations

How PEC’s Philly-Based Watershed Education & Outreach Team Spent Their Summer

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Receives Grant To Install Green Stormwater Management Practices In Barrett Twp., Monroe County

Nov. 4 Meeting Set In Erie County On Trout Run Watershed Water Quality Improvement Study

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Oil Sheens - All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Pollution

DEP To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bivouac Swine Facility Water Quality Permit In Fulton County

PUC Approves PA American Water Lead Service Line Replacement Funding Program; Stakeholder Group To Be Formed

[ Water Education ]

Wyoming Seminary Upper School, EPCAMR Present: STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways Opened Oct. 4, Luzerne County

Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries

Register Now For EPA's 2019 Campus RainWorks Green Infrastructure Challenge

[ Air ]

DEP Invites Comments On State Air Quality Plan Certification Of Previously Approved Emission Control Regulations

[ Radon ]

DEP Invites Schools To Submit Student Entries For The 2020 Radon Poster Contest

[ Utility Security ]

PUC Recognizes Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Outlines Ongoing Efforts To Safeguard Critical Utilities

[ Landowner Conservation ]

3 Penn State Master Gardener Projects Earn International Recognition For Efforts To Restore Bee Populations, Support Local Food Pantries, Education

PA Plant Conservation Network Offering Mini Grants For Rare Plant Recovery Projects On Private Lands

Penn State Extension Conducting Landowner Prescribed Fire Program Survey

[ Recreation ]

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 Trail Of The Year

Western PA Conservancy Canoe Access Fund Begins Accepting Applications Oct. 15

Pennsylvanians Take A Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 6 To Recognize Wealth Of State's Woodlands

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Hosts Oct. 13 Nature Preserve Hike In Chester County

Brandywine Conservancy's Bike The Brandywine Attracted Over 500 Riders

[ Wildlife ]

Bay Journal: Rare Chesapeake Logperch Released Into Chiques Creek, Lancaster County

DCNR: Additional State Forest Roads Opening Throughout The State For Hunting Seasons, Other Outdoor Activities

[ DCNR State Parks, Forests ]

DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Drilling Lease In Greene County For $162,400 In Upfront Payments

October 2 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Oct. 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

[ Opportunities ]

Help Wanted: The Nature Conservancy-PA State Director

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District Erosion & Sedimentation Technician

Help Wanted: PennFuture - Philadelphia/Delaware Watershed Communications Consultant

[ Helpful Resources ]

Grants & Awards

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

Environment & Energy NewsClips

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Sponsor: Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference October 15

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